For it is impossible, in the case of those (A)who have once been enlightened, who have tasted (B)the heavenly gift, and (C)have shared in the Holy Spirit, and (D)have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and (E)then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since (F)they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. For (G)land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. But (H)if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, (I)and its end is to be burned.

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For it is impossible concerning those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and become sharers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the coming age, and having fallen away, to renew them again to repentance, because they[a] have crucified again for themselves the Son of God and held him up to contempt. For ground that drinks the rain that comes often upon it, and brings forth vegetation usable to those people for whose sake[b] it is also cultivated, shares a blessing from God. But if it[c] produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to a curse, whose end is for burning.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 6:6 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“have crucified again”) which is understood as causal
  2. Hebrews 6:7 Literally “for the sake of whom”
  3. Hebrews 6:8 Here “if” is supplied as a component of the participle (“produces”) which is understood as conditional